Heaven knows, there is more than enough to see and do in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula to warrant looking no further. However, if like me you actively seek out holidays that, er, wander off beyond the ordinary, how about combining the Yucatan with Havana?

Located on the south-western coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, the colonial era city of Campeche derived its name from the previous Mayan settlement, Ah Kin Pech, which translates as ‘place of snakes and ticks’.